World of Tanks/Controls

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The player takes full control of a single armored vehicle (Chosen from garage) and is placed into a battle on a random map, chosen through automated MM (Match Making). However the map chosen by match-making may vary with different game modes and according to the tier of tank chosen by the player. The player has control over the vehicle's movement, firing, and can communicate with other players through typed or voice chat.

During gameplay the player has the following things on thier screen:

1Frame Rate

4Battle Score

7Vehicle Marker

10Vehicle Condition Panel

2Ping Indicator

5Battle Time

8Reticle

11Ammunition and Consumables Panel

3Lag Indicator

6Team Panel

9Battle Chat

12Minimap

Each of the things listed are displayed on the screen when the play is in a battle. These can be view on the wot website [1]

In the player's garage he/she is able to scroll around a select the tank they would like to enter for a batlle. During this they can research new tanks with experience from the tanks crew or free xp gathered for free use. The player can also replenish thier ammo and change the equipment they would like to put on thier tank.

To infomation about the layout of the garage the player can press F1 to enable the lists below;

When in the garage the player choose five primary types of battles: Edit

Random battles

Team-training battles

Tank-company battles

Team battle

Clan battles.

There are three types of random battles; Standard, Assault and Encounter. Players have the option to be excluded from Assault and Encounter battles. All random battles consist of two teams of 15 randomly selected players paired together through automated match-making on a randomly selected map.

Standard

The goal is to capture the enemy flag/base or eliminate all enemy tanks within 15 minutes. If time expires it is a draw.

Assault

The attacking team has to capture the defending team's base or all enemy tanks are destroyed. If time expires the defending team wins.

Encounter

Two teams fight to capture a single neutral base or eliminate all enemy tanks within 15 minutes. If time expires it is a draw.